Analysis

  • max time kernel
    150s
  • max time network
    152s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20260513-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20260513-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    19/08/2026, 17:27

General

  • Target
    2026-08-19_d27646327609b74f5d82a6f240bcbcc4_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_hellokitty_poet-rat.exe
  • Size 6.6MB
  • Sample260819-v1deva1zaw
  • SHA256 4f0ca4e91d19e182852284066e7491a7e25bdd9213399ecf5f86524f9179fa65
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Extracted

Family
  • xred

C2
  • xred.mooo.com

Attributes
  • email

    [email protected]

  • payload_url

    http://freedns.afraid.org/api/?action=getdyndns&sha=a30fa98efc092684e8d1c5cff797bcc613562978

    https://docs.google.com/uc?id=0BxsMXGfPIZfSVlVsOGlEVGxuZVk&export=download

    https://www.dropbox.com/s/n1w4p8gc6jzo0sg/SUpdate.ini?dl=1

    http://xred.site50.net/syn/SUpdate.ini

    https://docs.google.com/uc?id=0BxsMXGfPIZfSVzUyaHFYVkQxeFk&export=download

    https://www.dropbox.com/s/zhp1b06imehwylq/Synaptics.rar?dl=1

    http://xred.site50.net/syn/Synaptics.rar

    https://docs.google.com/uc?id=0BxsMXGfPIZfSTmlVYkxhSDg5TzQ&export=download

    https://www.dropbox.com/s/fzj752whr3ontsm/SSLLibrary.dll?dl=1

    http://xred.site50.net/syn/SSLLibrary.dll

Signatures

  • Family: Xred

    Xred is backdoor written in Delphi.

  • Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 3 IoCs

    Looks up country code configured in the registry, likely geofence.

  • Executes dropped EXE 5 IoCs
  • Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Drops file in System32 directory 4 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

    Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).

  • Executes a command shell one-liner 1 TTPs 4 IoCs

    Execution of a cmd.exe one-liner (/c "close" or /k "keep") is a common script/loader stage.

  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 15 IoCs

    Attempt gather information about the system language of a victim in order to infer the geographical location of that host.

  • Checks processor information in registry 2 TTPs 3 IoCs

    Processor information is often read in order to detect sandboxing environments.

  • Enumerates system info in registry 2 TTPs 3 IoCs
  • Modifies registry class 3 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 8 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 19 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-19_d27646327609b74f5d82a6f240bcbcc4_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_hellokitty_poet-rat.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-19_d27646327609b74f5d82a6f240bcbcc4_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_hellokitty_poet-rat.exe"
    1⤵
    • Checks computer location settings
    • Adds Run key to start application
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Modifies registry class
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:1516
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_2026-08-19_d27646327609b74f5d82a6f240bcbcc4_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_hellokitty_poet-rat.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_2026-08-19_d27646327609b74f5d82a6f240bcbcc4_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_hellokitty_poet-rat.exe"
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:3700
      • C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javaw.exe
        "C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javaw.exe" -XX:MinHeapFreeRatio=5 -XX:MaxHeapFreeRatio=15 -jar "._cache_2026-08-19_d27646327609b74f5d82a6f240bcbcc4_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_hellokitty_poet-rat.exe"
        3⤵
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:3324
        • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\cmd.exe
          cmd ver
          4⤵
            PID:1872
      • C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe
        "C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe" InjUpdate
        2⤵
        • Checks computer location settings
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Modifies registry class
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:1456
        • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_Synaptics.exe
          "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_Synaptics.exe" InjUpdate
          3⤵
          • Executes dropped EXE
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:1060
          • C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javaw.exe
            "C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javaw.exe" -XX:MinHeapFreeRatio=5 -XX:MaxHeapFreeRatio=15 -jar "._cache_Synaptics.exe"
            4⤵
            • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
            • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
            PID:544
            • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\cmd.exe
              cmd ver
              5⤵
                PID:4464
      • C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe
        C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe
        1⤵
        • Checks computer location settings
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • Drops file in System32 directory
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Modifies registry class
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:1780
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\._cache_Synaptics.exe
          "C:\Windows\system32\._cache_Synaptics.exe"
          2⤵
          • Executes dropped EXE
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:2216
          • C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javaw.exe
            "C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javaw.exe" -XX:MinHeapFreeRatio=5 -XX:MaxHeapFreeRatio=15 -jar "._cache_Synaptics.exe"
            3⤵
            • Drops file in System32 directory
            • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
            • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
            PID:1840
            • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
              cmd ver
              4⤵
              • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
              PID:4468
            • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
              cmd /c reg query "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\JavaSoft\Java Runtime Environment\\"
              4⤵
              • Executes a command shell one-liner
              • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
              • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
              PID:1936
              • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\reg.exe
                reg query "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\JavaSoft\Java Runtime Environment\\"
                5⤵
                • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
                PID:4728
            • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
              cmd /c reg query "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\JavaSoft\Java Development Kit\\"
              4⤵
              • Executes a command shell one-liner
              • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
              • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
              PID:3316
              • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\reg.exe
                reg query "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\JavaSoft\Java Development Kit\\"
                5⤵
                • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
                PID:4712
            • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
              cmd /c reg query HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\JavaSoft\JRE\
              4⤵
              • Executes a command shell one-liner
              • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
              • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
              PID:4856
              • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\reg.exe
                reg query HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\JavaSoft\JRE\
                5⤵
                • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
                PID:2848
            • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
              cmd /c reg query HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\JavaSoft\JDK\
              4⤵
              • Executes a command shell one-liner
              • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
              • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
              PID:3156
              • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\reg.exe
                reg query HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\JavaSoft\JDK\
                5⤵
                • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
                PID:4480
            • C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Oracle\Java\javapath_target_83765\java.exe
              "C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Oracle\Java\javapath_target_83765\java.exe" -XshowSettings:properties -version
              4⤵
                PID:1080
        • C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE
          "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE" /automation -Embedding
          1⤵
          • Checks processor information in registry
          • Enumerates system info in registry
          • Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
          • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
          PID:3444

        Network

              MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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              Downloads

              905ebba3a8fc8cc.timestamp

              • Path C:\ProgramData\Oracle\Java\.oracle_jre_usage\905ebba3a8fc8cc.timestamp
              • Size 50B
              • SHA256 9f9b26c1d0813ba85f48d71cf603c12ea47c941f23df2058d7d55d6596339807
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

              905ebba3a8fc8cc.timestamp

              • Path C:\ProgramData\Oracle\Java\.oracle_jre_usage\905ebba3a8fc8cc.timestamp
              • Size 50B
              • SHA256 1df573c1c03be6240660ad33a68660052851ecde477204488013220aa46e0c8c
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

              Synaptics.exe

              • Path C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe
              • Size 6.6MB
              • SHA256 4f0ca4e91d19e182852284066e7491a7e25bdd9213399ecf5f86524f9179fa65
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              ._cache_2026-08-19_d27646327609b74f5d82a6f240bcbcc4_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_hellokitty_poet-rat.exe

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_2026-08-19_d27646327609b74f5d82a6f240bcbcc4_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_hellokitty_poet-rat.exe
              • Size 5.8MB
              • SHA256 0cb3e0e9dafa46587967ac2b6ef0fb54cb3796e804094575b00c44d92fc0dc63
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              .hmcl.json.tmp

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\.hmcl.json.tmp
              • Size 804B
              • SHA256 8c9f6f3c6d1ae823b34b97e4c078181b36019106772391f5708df4bf1a53e475
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

              Z7fFnb6u.xlsm

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Z7fFnb6u.xlsm
              • Size 17KB
              • SHA256 8e574b4ae6502230c0829e2319a6c146aebd51b7008bf5bbfb731424d7952c15
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              hmcl.json

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\hmcl.json
              • Size 797B
              • SHA256 9302cbf9efc990e8f09f4faa01e503d8fd3e2a125926e7ce49c54aa3ad49c2f6
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

              hmcl.json

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\hmcl.json
              • Size 798B
              • SHA256 50fb8e5a5d4d9f8862c2f07d2c5472232c11459288bb6392b2b63f158e694853
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

              authlib-injector.jar

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\.hmcl\authlib-injector.jar
              • Size 341KB
              • SHA256 9c7f4343e6c82034958ffb48c14a2cb0c85928be7283103ce17da00c6d5a7b10
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              etag.json

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\cache\etag.json
              • Size 320B
              • SHA256 9ea948e16ff64e0d1cc46307b9e3cb1d573a77525eda5ef1be8d2ce9e39a33e3
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

              83aa4cc77f591dfc2374580bbd95f6ba_930c87ba-0301-45df-9148-1e0277c5c198

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Crypto\RSA\S-1-5-21-540052884-2969440504-464782435-1000\83aa4cc77f591dfc2374580bbd95f6ba_930c87ba-0301-45df-9148-1e0277c5c198
              • Size 45B
              • SHA256 11e6aca8e682c046c83b721eeb5c72c5ef03cb5936c60df6f4993511ddc61238
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

              memory/544-391-0x000001F358B80000-0x000001F358B81000-memory.dmp

              memory/544-584-0x000001F358B80000-0x000001F358B81000-memory.dmp

              memory/544-678-0x000001F358B80000-0x000001F358B81000-memory.dmp

              memory/544-582-0x000001F358B80000-0x000001F358B81000-memory.dmp

              memory/544-287-0x000001F358B80000-0x000001F358B81000-memory.dmp

              memory/544-764-0x000001F358B80000-0x000001F358B81000-memory.dmp

              memory/544-743-0x000001F358B80000-0x000001F358B81000-memory.dmp

              memory/544-583-0x000001F358B80000-0x000001F358B81000-memory.dmp

              memory/544-720-0x000001F358B80000-0x000001F358B81000-memory.dmp

              memory/544-741-0x000001F358B80000-0x000001F358B81000-memory.dmp

              memory/544-339-0x000001F358B80000-0x000001F358B81000-memory.dmp

              memory/544-353-0x000001F358B80000-0x000001F358B81000-memory.dmp

              memory/544-769-0x000001F358B80000-0x000001F358B81000-memory.dmp

              memory/544-523-0x000001F358B80000-0x000001F358B81000-memory.dmp

              memory/544-377-0x000001F358B80000-0x000001F358B81000-memory.dmp

              memory/544-376-0x000001F358B80000-0x000001F358B81000-memory.dmp

              memory/544-393-0x000001F358B80000-0x000001F358B81000-memory.dmp

              memory/544-627-0x000001F358B80000-0x000001F358B81000-memory.dmp

              memory/544-593-0x000001F358B80000-0x000001F358B81000-memory.dmp

              memory/544-589-0x000001F358B80000-0x000001F358B81000-memory.dmp

              memory/544-573-0x000001F358B80000-0x000001F358B81000-memory.dmp

              memory/544-540-0x000001F358B80000-0x000001F358B81000-memory.dmp

              memory/1456-638-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000A99000-memory.dmp

              memory/1516-1-0x00000000004A0000-0x00000000004A1000-memory.dmp

              memory/1516-0-0x0000000000C80000-0x0000000000C81000-memory.dmp

              memory/1516-129-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000A99000-memory.dmp

              memory/1780-279-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000A99000-memory.dmp

              memory/1840-751-0x000001FA88C30000-0x000001FA88C31000-memory.dmp

              memory/1840-520-0x000001FA88C30000-0x000001FA88C31000-memory.dmp

              memory/1840-502-0x000001FA88C30000-0x000001FA88C31000-memory.dmp

              memory/1840-516-0x000001FA88C30000-0x000001FA88C31000-memory.dmp

              memory/1840-530-0x000001FA88C30000-0x000001FA88C31000-memory.dmp

              memory/1840-532-0x000001FA88C30000-0x000001FA88C31000-memory.dmp

              memory/1840-744-0x000001FA88C30000-0x000001FA88C31000-memory.dmp

              memory/1840-758-0x000001FA88C30000-0x000001FA88C31000-memory.dmp

              memory/1840-448-0x000001FA88C30000-0x000001FA88C31000-memory.dmp

              memory/1840-453-0x000001FA88C30000-0x000001FA88C31000-memory.dmp

              memory/1840-437-0x000001FA88C30000-0x000001FA88C31000-memory.dmp

              memory/1840-827-0x000001FA88C30000-0x000001FA88C31000-memory.dmp

              memory/1840-383-0x000001FA88C30000-0x000001FA88C31000-memory.dmp

              memory/1840-830-0x000001FA88C30000-0x000001FA88C31000-memory.dmp

              memory/1840-785-0x000001FA88C30000-0x000001FA88C31000-memory.dmp

              memory/1840-309-0x000001FA88C30000-0x000001FA88C31000-memory.dmp

              memory/1840-748-0x000001FA88C30000-0x000001FA88C31000-memory.dmp

              memory/1840-762-0x000001FA88C30000-0x000001FA88C31000-memory.dmp

              memory/3324-314-0x000001EF74170000-0x000001EF74171000-memory.dmp

              memory/3324-301-0x000001EF74170000-0x000001EF74171000-memory.dmp

              memory/3324-690-0x000001EF74170000-0x000001EF74171000-memory.dmp

              memory/3324-669-0x000001EF74170000-0x000001EF74171000-memory.dmp

              memory/3324-463-0x000001EF74170000-0x000001EF74171000-memory.dmp

              memory/3324-481-0x000001EF74170000-0x000001EF74171000-memory.dmp

              memory/3324-489-0x000001EF74170000-0x000001EF74171000-memory.dmp

              memory/3324-482-0x000001EF74170000-0x000001EF74171000-memory.dmp

              memory/3324-470-0x000001EF74170000-0x000001EF74171000-memory.dmp

              memory/3324-361-0x000001EF74170000-0x000001EF74171000-memory.dmp

              memory/3324-335-0x000001EF74170000-0x000001EF74171000-memory.dmp

              memory/3324-667-0x000001EF74170000-0x000001EF74171000-memory.dmp

              memory/3324-252-0x000001EF74170000-0x000001EF74171000-memory.dmp

              memory/3324-821-0x000001EF74170000-0x000001EF74171000-memory.dmp

              memory/3444-255-0x00007FFE9B2F0000-0x00007FFE9B300000-memory.dmp

              memory/3444-256-0x00007FFE9B2F0000-0x00007FFE9B300000-memory.dmp

              memory/3444-259-0x00007FFE9B2F0000-0x00007FFE9B300000-memory.dmp

              memory/3444-280-0x00007FFE991F0000-0x00007FFE99200000-memory.dmp

              memory/3444-258-0x00007FFE9B2F0000-0x00007FFE9B300000-memory.dmp

              memory/3444-257-0x00007FFE9B2F0000-0x00007FFE9B300000-memory.dmp

              memory/3444-286-0x00007FFE991F0000-0x00007FFE99200000-memory.dmp